Snow and Ice || 태국

Pig farm

Taehyung only lost two rounds for the entire afternoon of Landlord that they played. It was always when Jungkook was the Landlord and he had used the two strokes to draw a tiny mustache on Kim's face.

As for Jungkook, Taehyung had helped him to line his eyes exquisitely. Taehyung had retraced each eye line numerous times, each time elongating the end a little more with a flick. Jungkook's originally handsome eyes had been embellished until they held a beguiling charm.

He blinked lightly and languidly raised his eyes to look at Taehyung.

Mesmerizing and terrifying, this was a beauty capable of devastating cities.

Oh my.

Taehyung clutched his chest dramatically. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, a devil indeed."

Jungkook could not keep his straight face and burst into laughter.

Eunwoo inched over with a simpering smile, his expression begging to be praised. "Boss, what about me?"

"You're a nightmare."

"... ಥ_ಥ"

Eunwoo looked at his reflection in the mirror, sad and depressed.

This was not his appearance's fault. One has to know that most of the lines on his face were drawn by Jungkook. At first, Jungkook only helped Taehyung to line his eyes. The problem was, being a straight guy, the eye lines he drew were just so darn straight as well. Stroke by stroke, the lines appearing on Eunwoo's eyelids were like withered grass. This painting style reminded Eunwoo of painting the sun as a child. Then, straight lines had indicated the sun's brightness.

Later, Jungkook stopped drawing eye lines. He went along with his whim and drew a bicycle on Eunwoo's left cheek.

A! Fricking! Bicycle!

Just how many rounds had he lost... ┭┮﹏┭┮

With this huge blow, Eunwoo mourned in silence.

Taehyung said, "You can't avoid victories and defeats in battles. I'll treat you guys to a meal."

Eunwoo perked up a little. "Oh? Boss, what are you treating us to?"

"Let's see what there is in my fridge."

Eunwoo silently swallowed his delusions of a "seafood buffet" before he could voice it out loud.

Taehyung went to the kitchen and discovered quite a several items in the fridge.

Eunwoo followed behind Taehyung and watched as he took out stuff from the compartments like a pro.

Jungkook crossed his arms and leaned against the kitchen entrance, watching them in a manner that seemed like he was supervising from the side. With his tall build, fair face, and beguilingly lined eye, the way he surveyed them expressionlessly had the bearing of a queen.

Taehyung hefted the potato in his hand and tossed Jungkook a glance. He said, "Jungkook, you look like Dongfang Bubai [info: the leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult now]."

Jungkook thought of the missing object on Dongfang Bubai's body and his face darkened.

Eunwoo asked Taehyung, "Boss, you know how to cook?"

"Please." Taehyung pointed at the fully stuffed fridge. "I know how to cook everything here."

"You're that capable?" Eunwoo was deeply impressed.

"Of course. Go on, set the table with Seven Treasures Exquisite Grand Hot Pot."

Eunwoo: ... I can't believe I fell for that!

His arms still crossed, Jungkook watched these two idiot children play around. In the end, he quirked his lips lightly, unable to hold the soft smile in despite his disdain.

......

The hot pot soup base and ingredients were all readily available. Besides the vegetables in the fridge, Taehyung also found fish balls, beef balls, mutton slices, and frozen prawns the size of his palm in the freezer. They prepared the ingredients before gathering around the table, ready to dig in.

All three of them had big appetites. The tableful of ingredients diminished rapidly as they methodically polished off the steaming hot food as soon as they cooked. While eating, Eunwoo raised his head. Realizing their eating frenzy, he suddenly broke into laughter.

Taehyung was baffled. "What are you laughing for?"

"I suddenly recalled the scene I saw when visiting the pig farm in primary school."

Taehyung and Jungkook stared at him in silence.

Eunwoo also realized the inappropriateness of this comparison. He coughed in embarrassment and purposely asked, "Boss, you guys should also have gone before, right?"

"We went to a chicken farm," Jungkook said.

"Oh? Was it fun?"

"Still alright. After we came back, your boss did something even more fun than visiting the chicken farm."

Eunwoo asked curiously, "What was it?"

When Jungkook was about to speak, Taehyung hurriedly raised his chopsticks to hit him. "You're not allowed to say!"

Jungkook chuckled and ducked backward out of his reach. When Taehyung withdrew his chopsticks, Jeon straightened and pretended that he was about to speak again. This made Taehyung re-raise his chopsticks to hit him.

Eunwoo was about to die of curiosity. "So what was it? Please stop playing, the two of you are burning my eyes! Can you tell me before I lose my sight..."

Unfortunately, Eunwoo never got his wish. Jungkook succumbed to Taehyung's tyranny and failed to say anything till the very end. He merely passed him an egg with a grin.

Taehyung kicked him under the table.

Eunwoo released a long sigh, lowered his head, and sent a message to Nayeon.

What are you doing?

Eating, watching television. Why?

I kind of need you a little right now. 😵

Eunwoo, do you need someone to bail you out of the police station right now? Spill it, sex, gambling, and drugs... which offense did you commit?

...So that's how you think of me!

Then why do you need me?

You know what, my boss is being targeted by an experienced swindler.

Is it Li Yubing?

Bingo

Waah, I'm still carrying my king's child!

Eunwoo sweated. He had nearly forgotten that Nayeon was a talented graduate of the 'drama queen' academy and had gone on to the 'rogue' academy to be a doctoral advisor. He was grasping at straws at this point...

Actually, I want to see how wretched consorts outside try to seduce my king.

...

Can you help me to record it? Make sure it's as detailed as possible.

I...

Nayeon sent Eunwoo a sticker of a Lolita acting cute, causing him to agree unwittingly.

...It must be because the sticker was too cute!